The Scientific Technical Committee “F” had two meetings in 2025, one during the Winter Meeting in Paris on February 20th with 47 participants (11 of whom were guests) and another during the General Assembly in Stokholm on August 22nd with 53 participants (13 of whom were guests).
Summary of the STC F Meeting in Paris on February 20th
Reports
Short reports related to the following activities were given:
̶ 15th International Conference on Technology of Plasticity (ICTP 2026) by Prof. H. Utsunomiya
̶ 57th Plenary Meeting of the International Cold Forging Group (ICFG 2024) by Prof. M. Liewald
̶ 44th International Deep Drawing Research Group (IDDRG 2025) by Prof. M. Merklein
̶ 10th International Impulse Forming Group (I2FG 2025) by Prof. E. Tekkaya
̶ 11th International Conference on Tribology in Manufacturing Processes & Advanced Surface Engineering (ICTMP 2024) by Prof. P. Groche
̶ 13th International Conference and Workshop on Numerical Simulations of 3D Sheet Metal Forming Processes (Numisheet 2025) by Prof. W. Volk
CIRP Dictionary / CIRPedia / CIRP NTPE / CIRP JMST
CIRP Dictionary / CIRPedia: short presentation was given by Prof. T. Kuboki.
CIRP Novel Topics in Production Engineering: short presentations were given by Profs. J. Ha, M. Liewald, and T. Kuboki related to upcoming and future CNTPE essays.
CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology: short presentation as given by Profs. L. Fratini and M. Bambach, where in 2024, there were 206 forming related submissions, 17 accepted, 185 rejected, 2 still under review, 1 with the Editor, and 1 under revision.
Keynotes
(a) 2025 STC F Keynote – progress report
Prof. J. Allwood presented the progress report of 2025 KN “Cut the scrap: making more use of less metal”
(b) 2026 STC F Keynote – progress report
Prof. W. Volk presented the progress report of 2026 KN “Shear-dominated processes and mechanics in forming and blanking”
(c) 2027 STC F Keynote – progress report
Prof. T. Kuboki presented the progress report of 2027 KN “Tube forming and processing technologies for a sustainable society”
(d) 2026 Cross-STC Keynote – progress report
Prof. Ł. Madej presented the progress report of 2026 KN “Microstructure in metal forming – evolution, control and impact on product properties”
Open discussion and brainstorming on topics for 2028 Keynote
Prof. J. Yanagimoto presented possible KN topics based on the Google sheet results. A reduced number of potential topics were selected to move forward for presentation during the August meeting.
Technical presentations
15 technical talks were presented: 3 related to the 2027 STC F KN, 10 related to the 2026 Cross-STC KN, and 2 open topic presentations.
Officer elections
Prof. J. Yanagimoto presented on the STC F officer election process.
Summary of the STC F Meeting in Thessaloniki on August 23rd
Reports
Short reports related to the following activities were given:
̶ 15th International Conference on Technology of Plasticity (ICTP 2026) by Prof. H. Utsunomiya
̶ 57th Plenary Meeting of the International Cold Forging Group (ICFG 2024) by Prof. M. Liewald
̶ 45th International Deep Drawing Research Group (IDDRG 2026) by Prof. M. Merklein
̶ 10th International Impulse Forming Group (I2FG 2025) by Prof. E. Tekkaya
̶ 11th International Conference on Tribology in Manufacturing Processes & Advanced Surface Engineering (ICTMP 2024) by Prof. P. Groche
̶ 13th International Conference and Workshop on Numerical Simulations of 3D Sheet Metal Forming Processes (Numisheet 2025) by Prof. W. Volk
CIRP Dictionary / CIRPedia / CIRP JMST
CIRP Dictionary / CIRPedia: short presentation was given by Prof. T. Kuboki.
CIRP Novel Topics in Production Engineering: short presentation by Prof. M. Liewald with updates from J. Ha and C.M. Alves da Silva for 2026 and 2027 CNTPE essays, respectively.
CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology: short presentation by Prof. Y. Altintas, in 2025 thus far, there were 164 forming related submissions, 12 accepted, 135 rejected, 6 still under review, 4 with the Editor, 3 under revision, and 4 more in various stages.
Keynotes
(a) 2026 STC F Keynote – progress report
Prof. W. Volk presented the progress report of 2026 KN “Shear-dominated processes and mechanics in forming and blanking”
(b) 2027 STC F Keynote – progress report
Prof. T. Kuboki presented the progress report of 2027 KN “Tube forming and processing technologies for a sustainable society”
(c) 2026 Cross-STC Keynote – progress report
Prof. Ł. Madej presented the progress report of 2026 KN “Microstructure in metal forming – evolution, control and impact on product properties”
(d) Selection of the 2028 keynote
The following proposals for the 2028 keynote were presented:
1) “In situ process monitoring and control” by Prof. H. Utsunomiya
2) “Metal forming for biomedical applications” by Prof. M. Banu
3) “New forming processes in the new millennium” by Prof. A.E. Tekkaya
Based on voting, “Metal forming for biomedical applications” was selected as the 2028 KN topic.
Officer elections
Profs. S. Bruschi (Chair), B. Kinsey (Vice-chair), and M. Merklein (Secretary) were announced.
Technical presentations
8 technical talks were presented.